Online Teachers: What's Happening

What’s Happening

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Good Ideas for Teaching and Learning

Good Ideas for Teaching and Learning
Beginner?s Guide to Podcast Creation	Resource document detailing what a podcast is, step-by-step directions on how to create a podcast, and how to use a podcast. http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/beginners-guide-to-podcast-creation/
Evaluating Online Learning: Challenges and Strategies for Success	Guide from the United States Department of Education is designed as a resource for leaders and evaluators of K-12 online learning programs. Discusses challenges of evaluating these kinds of programs and features seven examples of evaluation. http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/evalonline
Highlights for High School	AHighlights for High School features MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are most useful for high school students and teachers. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm
*MIT OpenCourseWare*	MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
Moodle	Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, open source software package designed to help educators create effective online learning communities. http://moodle.org
Wikibooks	Wikibooks is a community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
Zon	Online role-playing game to help students and adults learn more about the culture and languages of China. http://enterzon.com